The present invention relates to an
injector (1) for injecting a gaseous medium, in particular a gaseous fuel, preferably
hydrogen, into a
combustion chamber (20) of an
internal combustion engine. The
injector (1) comprises, inter alia, an axially movable valve closing element (5) for releasing and closing at least one opening on a sealing seat (7), an
actuator (21) for actuating the valve closing element (5), and a flow-influencing geometry (10) which is arranged downstream of the sealing seat (7) in terms of flow, wherein the flow-influencing geometry (10) is designed in such a way that it is formed in an attachment body (8) downstream of the sealing seat (7), wherein the attachment body (8) has a hollow cylindrical section in the region of the sealing seat (7), which is adjoined by an outflow region (16) having at least one outflow opening (17) having an inner contour (9), which outflow opening opens into an end side (25) facing the
combustion chamber (20). According to the invention, the outflow region (16) has, downstream of the sealing seat (7), a trough-like section (22) which is adjoined, downstream, by at least one outflow opening (17), wherein the trough-like section (22) has a volume V1 and the outflow opening (17) has a volume V2 or, in the case of a plurality of opening sections which follow one another in the flow direction and have different orientations, the outflow opening (17) has a plurality of volumes V2, V3, and the following applies for the volumes: V1 > V2 and V1 > V3, wherein the axial extension region of the at least one outflow opening (17) is at least one third of the entire axial extension of the outflow region (16) between the sealing seat (7) and the end side (25).